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By: Michael Barbella

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In a 2006 journal article from the Royal College of Surgeons of England that tracked a total of 1,366 hip replacements and 585 knee replacement procedures performed between 2000 and 2005, 28.3 percent of patients had a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30 kg/m2, comprising 328 (24 percent) hip replacements and 225 (38.5 percent) knee replacements.2 Significantly, according to the authors’ findings, in the knee replacement segment, 29 percent of men and 46 percent of women had a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or greater (P<0.001; 95 percent).


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